Where does “Hunjskrankheit” come from?
Hunjskrankheit (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Krankheit, from Plautdietsch krank, from Low German krank, from Middle Low German krank, from Old Saxon krank, from Proto-West Germanic krank, from Proto-Germanic krankaz, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Hunjskrankheit (Plautdietsch): distemper
Definitions
- distemper
Ancestry of “Hunjskrankheit”, step by step
Hunjskrankheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Krankheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Krankheit | disease, illness, sickness, malady |
| 2 | Plautdietsch | krank | ill, sick |
| 3 | Low German | krank | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | krank | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | krank | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | krank | weak, sick |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | krankaz | bent; crooked; weak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |